THE VIDEO SHELF · fusion energy
MIT's Pathway to Fusion Energy (IAP 2017) - Zach Hartwig
Zach Hartwig of MIT introduces the key concepts of magnetic fusion energy and the state of fusion research. He then presents MIT's proposed pathway of using high-field superconducting magnets to build smaller, cheaper tokamaks on a climate-relevant timescale.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended again and again as the best accessible overview of fusion physics, useful for judging fusion announcements and understanding why high-temperature superconducting magnets matter.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Topic
- fusion energy
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 16
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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This talk by Zach Hartwig from IAP 2017 "MIT's Pathway to Fusion Energy" is fantastic. Hartwig is an assistant professor in the Nuclear Science & Engineering department at MIT. He presents a straightforward overview of the basic science involved as well as the most promising …
kkwteh on Hacker News · 2017-08
In Nuclear fusion is on the brink of a milestone, but faces lack of funding [audio]As there seems to be quite a lot of confusion in this thread about what this is, here's an excellent video giving an overview of the state of the art in fusion energy research that is understandable by a lay audience: [VIDEO] (somebody posted that …
jabl on Hacker News · 2018-11
In Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degreesMy layman's understanding is that recently available (~last 5 years) industrial scale processes to produce rebco tape[1] is the specific advance in superconductor tech that's specifically enabling higher tesla magnetic field strengths from significantly smaller and lighter and easier to manage magnets, so you can …
wcarss on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' studies suggest
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